ALL ABOUT WK
RUSSIA
PAINTINGS
True or False
100

IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS KANDINSKY BORN?

RUSSIA

100

What colors are in the Russian flag?

Red, white and blue

100

Which painting has 12 circles in rows?

Squares with Concentric Circles

100

In Russia, the weather is always warm.

False

200

IN WHAT CITY WAS KANDINSKY BORN?

MOSCOW

200

Russia is in 2 continents. What are they?

Europe and Asia

200

Name 3 different shapes that Wassily Kandinsky liked to use in his paintings?

Circles, squares and triangles

200

Wassily Kandinsky loved playing the piano and the cello.

True.

300

IN WHAT CITY DID KANDINSKY GROW UP?

ODESSA

300

How many time zones does Russia have?

11

300

Wassily Kandinsky created his paintings by listening to music and seeing colors. True or False

True

300

A favorite food in Russia is borscht soup. It is made from beets and cabbage.

True

400

WHAT WERE THE TWO CAREERS KANDINSKY HAD BEFORE BECOMING AN ARTIST?

TEACHER AND A LAWYER
400

What is the Russian word for "grandmother"?

Babushka

400

We learned that Kandinsky painted a landscape that didn't look real at all. What was it?

A Waterfall.
400

People always thought Wassily Kandinsky was very talented.

False. People laughed at him at first for painting shapes, lines and strange patterns

500

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CONDITION THAT KANDINSKY HAD IN WHICH HE COULD HEAR COLORS?

SYNETHESIA

500

What is the special day that women and girls are honored? When is it?

International Women's Day. March 8th

500

Kandinsky believed shapes had feelings/personalities. Name TWO shapes and their personalities that we learned about in class.

Various answer.

500

Art should always look realistic.

False. Art is Art!